document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=388307>Question 388307</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the vertex and equation of the directrix for the following parabola y^2=-32x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for the following parabola y^2=-32x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form y^2 = 4px<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4p = -32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = -8 means the vertex and the directrix are 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "units away from the vertex.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the vertex is at (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the equation produces a parabola that opens to the right.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertex at (8,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Directrix: x = -8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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